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Re: OMG It's Metric! [blk97aurora]
by cmcmanus
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Feb 13, 2006 (10:18 pm)
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Replying to: blk97aurora (Feb 13, 2006 3:20 pm)
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Re: OMG It's Metric! [blk97aurora]
by cmcmanus
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Feb 14, 2006 (10:09 pm)
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Replying to: blk97aurora (Feb 13, 2006 3:20 pm)
yep that did the trick....thank you. Now what do I do about the fact that the light for the volume button on my steering wheel is out? The other ones are fine just the volume is out. I tried flicking it and that worked a few times but now it's just dead. Can I just pop that thing off and replace a little led or is it possible that I have a grounded wire?
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Re: HID conversion kits [cmcmanus]
by black01aurora
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Feb 17, 2006 (12:06 pm)
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Replying to: cmcmanus (Feb 12, 2006 10:12 pm)
well I broke down and bought a HID conversion kit, took less then an hour to install and didn't have to modify any existing parts nor did it impede on any other electrical parts... pretty impressed w/ it, doesn't solve the flickering issue, but it makes the flickering A LOT less noticable. Not quite sure it was worth the $250 but the headlights are a lot brighter and the blue hue is pleasant on the eyes
SO FAR, I would recommend this. other then the fact that it is an illegal in most cars, im not sure anyone will notice since the 01 has the projector headlamp. I guess it will be trial vs error
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Re: OMG It's Metric! [cmcmanus]
by black01aurora
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Feb 17, 2006 (12:10 pm)
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Replying to: cmcmanus (Feb 14, 2006 10:09 pm)
I had something like this happen before on my previous car (95 eagle vision) tried to re-solder and all that fun stuff, never did work, eventually I just went to a junk yard pulled the whole assembly out and replaced it... worked perfectly.
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Re: HID conversion kits [black01aurora]
by cmcmanus
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Feb 17, 2006 (11:24 pm)
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Replying to: black01aurora (Feb 17, 2006 12:06 pm)
That's good that the hid kit worked well. I like the blue color of a lot of new caddy's etc. but what to do about the whit foglamps now? Would you also get newer "blue" bulbs for those to match or go the lexus route and get deep amber bulbs? I don't really think I could be down with white foggers and blue beams.
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Re: Amp in 2001 [cmcmanus]
by black01aurora
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Feb 18, 2006 (5:05 am)
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I haven't done it in my aurora but I did do it in my last car, had to basically peel the board out the back, if the aurora is the same way watch out so the carpet doesn't peel from the board otherwise you'll end up with a wadded mess that looks like crap, and if you bend and crack the board you'll end up with a nasty vibration rattle
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Re: HID conversion kits [cmcmanus]
by black01aurora
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Feb 19, 2006 (10:30 am)
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Replying to: cmcmanus (Feb 17, 2006 11:24 pm)
I was thinking about the color difference, but then again my high-beams and fogs are sylvania silverstars , they are kind of yellowish looking compared to the HIDs... not quite sure what im gonna do, any advise?
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Re: HID conversion kits [black01aurora]
by cmcmanus
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Mar 04, 2006 (2:17 pm)
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Replying to: black01aurora (Feb 19, 2006 10:30 am)
I would say that if you're gonna redo the fog lites (which I would also do). If you can't get the same color in the fog lamps as you do in the HIDs then I would say to go with amber, so that your can have a clear contrast between the two sets of lights, and it won't appear that you just stopped half way thru the project.
I seem to recall you were also going to do some stereo stuff, how has that worked out for you so far? I hav just tried to install a kenwood deck and it's insane how difficult it is to install. I will probably have to pay for a custom install or some crap like that. Let me know if you had a better time installing yours.
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